Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Spoon at ACLTV taping in 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Once again, Hype Machine returns to SXSW for five days of Hype Hotel presented by Feed the Beat. It runs from March 17-21 at 1100 East 5th Street, Austin,... more info

Mercury News, California — Best Coast, Thao Nguyen, Mick Jenkins and Geographer are among recommended acts at Noise Pop, Feb. 20-March 1. more info

Stereogum — SXSW 2015 is fast approaching, and the festival has just announced the third round of artists that will be making their way down to Austin at the end of March. This round is by far their largest yet, bringing the total number of bands attending to ju... more info

Stereogum — Weezer and MS MR’s Lizzy Plapinger got together to play a stripped down version of “Go Away” at the SiriusXM studios. The track was co-written and originally sung by Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino for Everything Will Be Alright In The End, bu... more info

Stereogum — For their new self-titled EP, Line & Circle teamed up with Lewis Pesacov — who also recorded Best Coast’s Crazy For You — for their cleanest and most clear-headed work yet. It’s only three tracks long, but the group combines the sunniness of ... more info

NME — Bethany Cosentino joins Rivers Cuomo and co. during KROQ session more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ilya S. Savenok, Bryan Derballa & Luis Ruiz SPOON, Dev Hynes & Danny Brown Sonos is in the midst of a week-long Sonos Studio NYC residency at NeueHouse. Each day there's a variety of cool events in their... more info

Stereogum — When Weezer did an interview and performed music on KROQ’s Kevin & Bean morning show today, they invited Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino along to perform an acoustic version of their Everything Will Be Alright In The End collaboration “Go Away.�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Los Angeles music fans are very familiar with the Sonos Studio located there. The speaker company's California event space regularly hosts concerts, DJs, speakers, art exhibits, open bars and more (BrooklynVegan once did an event there). They've also... more info

Stereogum — Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino and her cat Snacks, a definite contender for best indie music pet, are in a new PETA2 advertisement to promote adoption. They also shot a behind the scenes video where Cosentino talks about the benefits of pet adoptio... more info